Configure NIS RHEL 5
NIS Client Server :
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Server -----------------> client
users(girish,aniket,manoj) client wants to mount home directories of those server users
how?
PACKAGES TO INSTALL : yp-tools , ypbind , ypserv , portmap
Server side configuration :
1) nisdomainname RHCE -- > any name will which u wann to give
2) nisdomainname -- > check nis domain name
3) service ypserv start -- > ypserv started
4) chkconfig ypserv on
5) /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m -- >initialize nis map
read instructions as given! and peform action!
6) service yppasswdd start
7) /etc/sysconfg/network --> add NISDOMAIN=RHCE
8) Thats It!
Client side :
1) setup
2) authentication
3) select NIS and select USE MD5 , USE SHADOW
4) Next
5) Domain : RHCE
Ip : Server's ip
6) ok and quit
7) Fire up command "ypcat passwd" -- > displays passwd file of remote user that is our server
8) thats it!
Now if u want to mount home directory of user "girish" on ur computer (client)
1) vim /etc/auto.master
- add line below /net
(PLACE where you want to mount on ur pc ex. /rhome/remoteuser) /etc/auto.misc
- save and exit
2) vim /etc/auto.misc
- add line below cd
* -rw,soft,intr serverip:/home/
(now above user u specified whose home directory will be mounted at /rhome/remoteuser on our pc)
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